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I need your help

hello all
I want to say that compared to religiousness, spirituality is a stronger predictor of well-being. is this sentence correct:

"Spirituality is a stronger predictor of well-being than religiousness"

(note that I do not want to say spirituality is a predictor of religiousness and well-being, instead I want to say spirituality and religiousness are predictors of well-being, and spirituality is a better one).

Can I say: "Spirituality is a stronger predictor of well-being than religiousness is."

Re: I need your help

hello all
I want to say that compared to religiousness, spirituality is a stronger predictor of well-being. is this sentence correct:

"Spirituality is a stronger predictor of well-being than religiousness"

(note that I do not want to say spirituality is a predictor of religiousness and well-being, instead I want to say spirituality and religiousness are predictors of well-being, and spirituality is a better one).

Can I say: "Spirituality is a stronger predictor of well-being than religiousness is."

Thank you very much in advance,

You can say this, but if you want to get across the full meaning that you appear to desire, you could say, 'Even though both spirituality and religiousness are both predictors of well-being, spirituality is a stonger one.'

Last edited by dero; 30-Nov-2010 at 12:39.
Reason: that should be 'stronger, not stonger!'

Re: I need your help

Originally Posted by Mohsenn

Can I say: "Spirituality is a stronger predictor of well-being than religiousness is."The sentence is fine. To my ear religiosity is better than religiousness.Both are correct; it's just a matter of personal preference.

Originally Posted by dero

You can say this, but if you want to get across the full meaning that you appear to desire, you could say, 'Even though both spirituality and religiousness are both predictors of well-being, spirituality is a stonger one. No need to repeat both.